Phălaecus, i, m., = Φάλαικος,
I an ancient Greek poet , from whom a kind of verse is named Phalaecium, Phalaecum, or Phaleucium carmen. This verse is hendecasyllabic , consisting of a spondee, a dactyl, and three trochees (e. g. vidi credite per lacus Lucrinos), Aus. Ep. 4, 85; Diom. p. 509 P.; Terentian. p. 2440 ib.; Mart. Cap. 5, § 517: metrum Phalaecium, Mar. Victor. 2566 P.: carmen Phalaecum, Sulp. Sat. 4. —
II A tyrant of Phocaea; whence Phă-laecēus , a, um, Phalaecean , of Phalaecus : nex, Ov. Ib. 504.